http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/03/31/t...illion-albums/

People saying she needs to grow up and change her sound and image:

Lady Gaga is next. About 3M albums to go and she'll hit 20M.

The meltdowns will be fun.



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Edit: was there already a thread? I didn't even see it, since no one posts about Taylor and I never saw it bumped.

Oh, well.

And here I thought Tay Tay was a local gwerl. Oop.

..she is

20 million records local?

yeah, she sells a hell of a lot in the US but that doesn't mean she isn't local. I'm not dissing, so lets not turn it into that game

She's not, most of her tour dates in Europe sold out, that isn't local. Not even some of the huge international stars have been able to do that.

'local' as in record sales, she isnt big outside of the US

Oh really? Let's take...Fearless as an example here
Outside of the US
Australia 5× Platinum
Canada 6× Platinum
Ireland 2× Platinum
Japan Gold
Mexico Gold
New Zealand 2× Platinum
United Kingdom Platinum

Look at actual sales for all of her albums in the US, compared to almost anywhere else, she is nowhere near as big as she is there, thats what local is. Like i said, im not dissing its obviously amazing, so im not getting into this.

She is almost as successful in Australia as she is in America though, so thats not local.

Or even Speak Now.
Australia 2× Platinum
Canada 2× Platinum
Japan Gold
New Zealand Platinum
United Kingdom Gold
United States 3× Platinum

We can say the same for Rihanna in the UK but does that make her local?

She's certified everywhere. Is that even supposed to be shade?

In fact in the UK and Ireland Taylor has sold better than a couple big artists including Mrs Brands debut but no-one calls her a local act.

Taylor pushes more albums than a lot of artists, just because she doesn't go number 1 doesn't mean she ain't selling.

I don't know why he's mad, even Gaga stans for T-Swizzle.

She is kind of local in that the vast majority of her sales come from the US. That's hard to deny.

But when you're soo big in the US that you outsell most artists whose sales are more spaced out around the world, there's nothing to worry about.